A little good
To Adjust or Not to Adjust
The market continues to take option traders on a volatile ride, but adjusting your position is not always the answer.
Running the Numbers
VIX Tells Me This…
Deal or No Deal?
Understanding Stochastics and Reversals
There’s a common myth in trading: that RSI and Stochastics do the same thing. Not quite.
Why Volatility Will Continue
‘Death Cross’ Means…
Are You Reviewing Your Trades?
Sometimes the best move is to do nothing and stay in cash. But that doesn’t mean sit idle. This is the perfect time to review your past trades.
Trading Is Killing It!
I Worry About This
Inside Day
Volatility Induces Anxiety
Economic uncertainty, trade tensions, geopolitical events and inflation have added considerable volatility to markets. There have been big swings in interest rates, which have a direct influence on equity indexes, currencies, precious metals and numerous commodities. In addition, automated trading systems can exacerbate rapid price changes during volatile periods. As volatility rises, so do risk and anxiety.
Diamond in This Market
Volume Tells All
Volatility’s Future
Your Naked Put Warning
With market volatility at extreme levels, option premiums are tempting—but don’t let that fool you. Selling naked puts can be a high-risk strategy, especially if things move against you.
A Billion-Dollar Problem
Big Week Ahead
PCE and Tariffs
Fair Value Is a Foundation for Trading
Spend time with a broker or pit trader from the era when all trades were executed by brokers in trading pits at exchanges and you will learn about open outcry and the information it provides. Pits were created to facilitate trade. To an untrained eye a trading pit is a ring filled with angry, aggressive people wearing badges on various colored jackets. But for a seasoned observer a trading pit reveals incredible amounts of information not available on screens or trading platforms. Professional traders monitor order flow. They use a combination of market-generated information (technicals) and fundamentals (supply/demand or earnings) to define and refine strategies.
